Does anyone use a wood burning stove in their teardrop?

[mikeschn]

We don't have a heating section, so I figured I'd post it here.

The question is, does anyone (besides Bob Henry) use a wood burning stove in their teardrop or vardo?

I got a tiny wood burning stove, and I am breaking it in today. It sure snaps, crackles and pops a lot! Of course I'm breaking it in with scraps of 2x3s. I'm hoping if I use hardwood firewood it won't pop so much. But are you comfortable going to sleep with the wood burning stove going?



Mike...

[citylights]

Sweet! I grew up with a wood burning stove as the only source do heat in the house. A little hardwood and the dampers set right and it will keep you warm without re-stoking all night long. I spent many nights curled up right beside the wood burning stove. We also kept a tea kettle on to humidify all the time. Burning wood all the time really dries out the house. They do pop and crackle and metal heat groan all the time. You get used to it like the sound of the ocean in a beach house.

Ours took intake air from the house and exhausted outside. For yours are you going to set it up on outside air intake and exhaust?

If I was going to winter camp frequently, I would go with a micro WBS in the tear.

[mikeschn]

What I am thinking about doing is having a pipe coupling welded to the side so I can plumb in outside air.

Meanwhile, look at all the sparks coming out the chimney!!!



Mike...

[KCStudly]

I thought Deryck the pirate had a wood stove in his vardo, but on a quick glance I only found where he had (swapped?) to gas.
http://www.tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?p=893044#p893044

You can put a spark arresting screen on that stack to prevent lighting your camper or forest afire.

[GerryS]

You trying to cook a turkey in there ? Wow. 400 way ceramic heater keeps my TD toasty!

Soft woods like pine don't burn well , You will get creosote built up which will lead to a chimney fire. Don't do it. Hardwood only.

[citylights]

What I am thinking about doing is having a pipe coupling welded to the side so I can plumb in outside air.

Meanwhile, look at all the sparks coming out the chimney!!!



Mike...

Looks like it is overloaded with too big a fire. Cut those logs down! That model looks more like a chip burner to me. Also hard woods burn slower and more even. We burned some pine, but it was never the best.

Agree, spark arresting screen is needed.

[MtnDon]

A big problem about burning wood to heat small spaces is not overheating the space, which is easy to do.

I've seen home made stoves made from sections of 1/4" wall round and square steel tubing/pipe with sizes from 6 to 8 inch. Maybe a foot long or so. Cap welded on one end and a home made hinged door on the other. Even saw one with a piece of quartz glass in the door. The chimney vent where it passes through the roof or the wall could be difficult to make safe. Not sure what I'd use.


As for fuel, hardwoods would be nice, but let's remember there are lots of folks in the western states who do not have much access to hardwoods. We have burned pine and fir for decades. Our property has maybe 1% hardwoods; 90% pine and 9% fir. We seldom burn the hardwoods unless they get blown over in a storm. We simply clean the chimneys once a year as that has proven to be sufficient with the new stoves.

[warnmar10]

A big problem about burning wood to heat small spaces is not overheating the space, which is easy to do.

I've seen home made stoves made from sections of 1/4" wall round and square steel tubing/pipe with sizes from 6 to 8 inch. Maybe a foot long or so. Cap welded on one end and a home made hinged door on the other. Even saw one with a piece of quartz glass in the door. The chimney vent where it passes through the roof or the wall could be difficult to make safe. Not sure what I'd use.


As for fuel, hardwoods would be nice, but let's remember there are lots of folks in the western states who do not have much access to hardwoods. We have burned pine and fir for decades. Our property has maybe 1% hardwoods; 90% pine and 9% fir. We seldom burn the hardwoods unless they get blown over in a storm. We simply clean the chimneys once a year as that has proven to be sufficient with the new stoves.

Our East Texas property is about 70% pine and 30% mixed hardwoods. We burn mostly pine in the fireplace and wood stoves.

Many people believe pine creates creosote because pine can contain a lot of pitch. Creosote buildup is more a function of insufficient makeup air supply and/or a restricted flue than it is the type of wood you burn. It is also vital to season your firewood.Inadequately seasoned hardwood will foul a chimney and form creosote faster than burning seasoned pine ever will.

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+ca ... in+chimney

[warnmar10]

We don't have a heating section, so I figured I'd post it here.

The question is, does anyone (besides Bob Henry) use a wood burning stove in their teardrop or vardo?

I got a tiny wood burning stove, and I am breaking it in today. It sure snaps, crackles and pops a lot! Of course I'm breaking it in with scraps of 2x3s. I'm hoping if I use hardwood firewood it won't pop so much. But are you comfortable going to sleep with the wood burning stove going?



Mike...

I use a stove very similar to yours in a 5x8 deer blind and sleep like a baby. My only concern is adequate makeup air supply. It's usually a bad idea to burn all your breathing oxygen in the wood stove. The blind is old and drafty so not really a concern for me. You might want to crack a window.

[coop74]

you will bake in there with a wood burning stove... no pun intended. The heat from several candles will keep you comfortable warm in the space of most small teardrops provided you have any kind of bedding.

The issue then becomes regulating the heat...

my two cents.

[Tinbasher]

Isn't Carbon Monoxide an issue?

[mikeschn]

There are myriad issues.

1) Oxygen depletion (can be rectified with an external source of oxygen)
2) Carbon Monoxide (can be rectified with a good draft through the chimney)
3) Too much heat output
4) Too close to blankets, etc (too many sparks)
5) Fire doesn't last all night. (Probably closer to an hour)

After reviewing these issues, I've decided:

1) a ceramic heater is a far better bet if electrical is available
2) A forced air furnace is a safe bet when electric is not available

Given these decisions, I can commence designing a teardrop again!

Mike...

[RAYVILLIAN]

Hi Mike having lived with wood heat as main source of heat for over 30 yeas reasons 3 and 4 are the main draw backs. There is only 2 ways to make a wood fire last all night. the most used is to choke the intake air down which will cause creosote build up no mater what wood you burn. No problem just clean your chimney more often. the second is to slow feed the fuel like the pellet stoves work. they force feed air but only put in a little fuel at a time. No creosote build up in fact most are vented with a 4 inch gas flue pipe. The rocket stove work on this same principle.

Looks like you might have a nice little shop stove there though but the city is going to want a stainless double or triple wall flue pipe for that. and your insurance company's gona want more money. I've paid a premium rate for the love of my wood stoves. I'm running 3 right now, with the one in Trudy's greenhouse and with the termps getting down in the single digits it's like having a new born with a 4 hour feeding schedule.

for the tear the ceramic heaters are the way to go if you have electricity or something like Paul Elkins candle heaters if you don't. Or a propane little buddy type heater.

GAry

[Sandyman]

Dickinson Marine has a solid fuel heater on their web site. It is not cheap but nothing "Marine" is.
It is about half way down the page. http://www.dickinsonmarine.com/dheaters.php

Sandy C

[Junkboy999]

I would be uneasy with and wood stove in a teardrop. Maybe something more like a standy of a CC van with two exit doors.
someone posted a picture of one of those fiberglass pod looking campers with a small pot belly stove in it. Can’t remember who

Here are two heater in campers.


Newport solid fuel heater
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1EF-8xtOAA


First Burn: Tiny Woodstove in a Tiny Camper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5KPRGK_xqo